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Paddle assist Royal Flush for class 5 in SW Colorado

Purchase Cataraft tubes and systems

Design your own Cataraft tubes, and find out what they will cost

determine the right cataraft tube size for you needs

A step by step process to determine the correct pontoon size for your needs

Standard price list

We have built hundreds of cat tubes of different configurations over the past 33 years. It impossible to list them all on one price list. We want our customers to have the bennifit of other customer's experience. If you do not see what you want on the standard price list, go to the next link up. We have probably built something very close to what you want already.

Follow the links in this page to get great information on our web site about catarafts how they work in various applications, how to customize them, how they work with motors, and some good river stories.

We would also like to invite you to read more about care and maintenance of inflatable boats- It is from the boats perspective. If you are purchasing a new inflatable from anyone, this information is valuable.

 

1     Catarafts for Beginners

This is an introduction to what a Cataraft is, how it works, and different frame options. This was originally written for Gold miners in Nome Alaska who needed to understand the inflatable pontoon concepts they were facing with mining platforms in the Bearing Sea.

        2             standard cataraft offerings- descriptions and pictures of how and where our catarafts have been used

                       A             Big Brother cats

                       B             Daddy cats

                       C             Royal Flush cats

                       D            El Tigre cats

High water trip down the Selway -in the first Eltigre model cat

  3             Customized cataraft tubes

                       A             custom tube styles- Variations of standard offerings-customize your own

                                      1             Accessories that go on Catarafts, rafts, and culebras- Add or subtract accessory cost when customizing an inflatable

                                      2             Double bottom cost-  The cost for a double bottom, add or subtract

                       B             draft vs load  How much weight can my cat carry for a given depth in the water

                       C             Cataraft Frames –where you can get them, and examples on our boats

            4             Motorized Catarafts

                       A             smallest motorized cat ever  Lars Anderson-Anderson Pontoons Denmark

                       B             Catarafts with Motors

                                      1             See Anderson pontoon videos and more.

5 - Electric Motors- Solar Power

A -The first solar powered crossing of Lake Powell in a JPW cataraft.

B - Texas Tec and the Great Salt lake solar powered cataraft. This project has been the making for a couple of years, and will be on the Great Salt Lake this may 2015.

Cutthroat running Muddy Creek, Utah                                   

Cutthroat Personal Expedition Cataraft Systems

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Custom tube styles has most of the 19 inch diameter tubes you would want for a cutthroat, or if you already have a frame

There are many different Cutthroat configurations, because they come narrow and wide, 1 person and 2 person, and with a variety of tube lengths.  Item 1 below will guide you to a proper selection for your needs.

                                      1             frame configurations and tube options

                                      2             cutthroat frame assembly instructions

                                      3             cutthroat frame part prices

4 _______Neal Weinfield’s Story about using the cutthroat like a paddle cat and transporting Via commercial air craft from Wisconsin to Oregon

5 _______Keith Guido U of Kansas - Low Water Research Trip on the Gila River in Arizona.

    

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